I have had my S6 for a few weeks now. When watching movies, either streaming or on the SD card, the screen has trouble with dark scenes, especially blacks. They get digitized and blocky with lots of noise. I have tried a few different apps. This did not happen in my Tab S 10.5 with the same source material. Anyone else see this?
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mbrill said:
I have had my S6 for a few weeks now. When watching movies, either streaming or on the SD card, the screen has trouble with dark scenes, especially blacks. They get digitized and blocky with lots of noise. I have tried a few different apps. This did not happen in my Tab S 10.5 with the same source material. Anyone else see this?
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Give us an example? What movie and which streaming service? Can't tell you anything helpful unless we are seeing the same thing you are.
You're not having a similar issue as this are you?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s6/help/screen-faulty-t3972567
thecrater said:
You're not having a similar issue as this are you?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s6/help/screen-faulty-t3972567
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It doesn't look like that. I am being sent a replacement and hope I don't get one like that.
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Paul_Deemer said:
Give us an example? What movie and which streaming service? Can't tell you anything helpful unless we are seeing the same thing you are.
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The assault scene in Zero Dark Thirty on SD card. It's 1080. The last episode of Watchmen via Xfinity streaming. This video as well https://youtu.be/JLT4Oz5XRbc.
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mbrill said:
The assault scene in Zero Dark Thirty on SD card. It's 1080. The last episode of Watchmen via Xfinity streaming. This video as well https://youtu.be/JLT4Oz5XRbc.
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I watched the YouTube video test and no problems with mine.
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I watched the YouTube video test and no problems with mine.
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Not noise or artifacts in the black when the Vegas sign was on?
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Well its normal that the blacks are compressed harder, thats the whole deal about compression, leaving out stuff you mostly dont see, thats why that dark GOT episode sucked with the highly compression streaming services.
Maybe the S6 is just showing it brighter than your other devices?
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Not noise or artifacts in the black when the Vegas sign was on?
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Yeah I had those issues.
bartleby999 said:
Yeah I had those issues.
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Did you swap your tablet?
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Did you swap your tablet?
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No. I still have it. Only got it last week - I'm not convinced it's a problem with the tablet. Like someone else said, could be down to compression - If I paint the screen black in a drawing app, I don't see any issues. It's not really an issue that'll bother me much if I'm honest.
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During dark scenes while watching Netflix video in the dark. The scenes look block and grey. Do i have a defective note? Please comment on your Netflix viewing.
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Netflix cor me is unbelieavable... Wifi and hspa+ since there is no lte in Greensboro nc
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The dark scenes look horrible. Very blocky. What could it be? Do i been to return the note?
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I've noticed that to, its not just you. The blacks are not the rich high contrast dark that I am used to from my captivate. I'm hoping that we will get some color screen adustments once tweaked roms get cooked up.
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borijess said:
The dark scenes look horrible. Very blocky. What could it be? Do i been to return the note?
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It isn't just you...I have the same problem...
Same Here. Ugly Blacks....
Samsung Media Hub movies and TV shows looks great. I don't know why Netflix looks like this. Hulu also looks OK
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YouTube was doing this to me as well
So what do u guys think. Bad screens or software related?
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Netflix used to do the same on my iPhone. Its definitely not the screen.
sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note.
So I'm not the only one noticing, great I think. Is there an actual fix in ics for this?
Software, not hardware. Known issue in the IGN.
I think maybe its the quality of stream that netflix uses cause when I play movies from my sdcard i dont notice it..
i always notice it though if the video res is really low.
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I'm not in an LTE area but I have 30/5mb speeds with wifi. Netflix looks horrible still. I'm thinking that a lot of apps just weren't made for this size screen and a simple update will fix it.
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yes i think hiii is correct. the netflix app on 2.3 series does not scale with screen size i beleve it is kept at a low resolution and that is part of the blockyness.
Use the following Netflix.apk file attached. It'll solve all the resolution problems. I've been using it for 2 days now.
Note: Do NOT update the app after you install it, or it'll go back to the one that doesn't work well.
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Use the following Netflix.apk file attached. It'll solve all the resolution problems. I've been using it for 2 days now.
Note: Do NOT update the app after you install it, or it'll go back to the one that doesn't work well.
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It works better than the updated one, but it's still sort of disappointing that it doesn't look as hd as I'd expect. Thanks for the temporary fix though!
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it's not just netflix it happens when you watch videos
on th note
My Netflix doesn't look bad. But we need to realize that....sure the International version has been out for a while, but is only now going mainsteam with the i717. That will make app developers take notice and start optimizing for the Note screen.
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Has anyone who tried out this phone tested it for the screen lines/blobs issue that the S2 had?
I would also like to know this too the yellow tint issue, and black blobs. I had the issue in both my SGS 2 black and White...though in galaxy nexus it was vey negligible but still there . I hope its not in SGS 3
There seems to be a pink tint rather than yellow tint.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658601
Should probably wait a bit before buying this phone, who knows what the probability is.
Bump. People should know about this before buying the phone.
Most of the screen won't have tint problems . But still people can check the screen using lcd test code before taking it to home
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What's the LCD test code???
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Most of the screen won't have tint problems . But still people can check the screen using lcd test code before taking it to home
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What's the LCD test code????
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What about black crush issues? Is it all pixellated when viewing dark videos or images?
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zen0s said:
What about black crush issues? Is it all pixellated when viewing dark videos or images?
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I hate this on my S2. Hopefully in a few days when people start getting their phones we will have these questions answered.
LCD TEST CODE is *#0*#
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I hate this on my S2. Hopefully in a few days when people start getting their phones we will have these questions answered.
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Has any S3 owner checked the issue about the pixelization when viewing dark videos or images?
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Has any S3 owner checked the issue about the pixelization when viewing dark videos or images?
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Yup! I received my SGS3 yesterday, and after seeing this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658601 I checked the Iron man Pepper Kiss video on Youtube and I did not notice any problems!
The pixelization is sometimes caused by poor encoding.
I received the phone yesterday.
Did the LCD tests.
All tests are crystal clear. RGB backgrounds look like glass and the black videos are deep blacks without pixalation of any form.
I also checked another thread talking about some kind of pixels that were appearing as different colour and this didn't occur either.
The screen works perfectly and it does look gorgeous despite that pentile screen debate.
If a phone doesn't perform as described by me (and many many others) then the phone is simply defective and will be covered by DOA.
Bumb:cyclops: sorry
I have seen a couple of videos on here where they were recorded in slow motion and those videos looked great, however, I have tried a few times and they always come out looking really bad. (grainy, and blurry). I have tried with all the settings left on auto and also setting things up manually as well (like white balance and ISO).
Is there settings that I am missing to make these videos look as good as they do while recording at normal speed?
Here is the link to the video I shot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjcqQhUIJq0
Also does the camera not record in HD while doing Slow Motion?
I can't help you on making it look better but it doesn't record in HD. The ending resolution ends up being 768 x 432.
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I have seen a couple of videos on here where they were recorded in slow motion and those videos looked great, however, I have tried a few times and they always come out looking really bad. (grainy, and blurry). I have tried with all the settings left on auto and also setting things up manually as well (like white balance and ISO).
Is there settings that I am missing to make these videos look as good as they do while recording at normal speed?
Here is the link to the video I shot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjcqQhUIJq0
Also does the camera not record in HD while doing Slow Motion?
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Yeah I agree and have the same problem. I have a pitbull and an American bulldog and love recording them playing. Nice dog by the way. The only toys I can buy my boys are Kongs like your dog is playing with, the toy they can't destroy.
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Gee I played your video and it looks perfect
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xbmoyx said:
Yeah I agree and have the same problem. I have a pitbull and an American bulldog and love recording them playing. Nice dog by the way. The only toys I can buy my boys are Kongs like your dog is playing with, the toy they can't destroy.
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Thanks! She is a beast only 9 months old and already 55lbs. Kongs are all that i buy but even she finds a way to destroy them. that is her 2nd one.
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Gee I played your video and it looks perfect
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Really? Maybe I just expected it to look better, but then I found out that it doesn't record in HD. Here is a link from another user who also shot using the Slow Motion feature his looks way better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRV2XtkntjI
Maybe its just the difference of lighting seeing how I was under my Patio out of the sun.
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Really? Maybe I just expected it to look better, but then I found out that it doesn't record in HD. Here is a link from another user who also shot using the Slow Motion feature his looks way better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRV2XtkntjI
Maybe its just the difference of lighting seeing how I was under my Patio out of the sun.
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It's probably the light. I think the only reason it goes to HD on the youtube video is because the beginning part might be in HD. I still see the grainy lines on the youtube video and in the slow motion videos I shoot.
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It's probably the light. I think the only reason it goes to HD on the youtube video is because the beginning part might be in HD. I still see the grainy lines on the youtube video and in the slow motion videos I shoot.
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I think it's HD on YouTube because the user had to edit it on the computer. (Add music) so I think he saved it in a way that YouTube thought it was HD.
I've noticed that I have to edit files in order for YouTube to have a HD option even though the phone records in HD and saves it as a .MP4.
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I was just going to say that.. I think the lighting could be the difference.
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Is there a camera setting for this or are you just simply slowing the footage down?
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Is there a camera setting for this or are you just simply slowing the footage down?
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There is a camera setting. If you touch the "A" you will see the option
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Yeah, the camera does not do HD for slow motion, due to the significantly higher data rates the camera must sustain to do slow motion. It's essentially recording at 120fps or so, which is four times the speed it would record at otherwise. To record in HD, it would require four times the bandwidth and processing power that it does at normal speed.
I've had this phone since it came out and never knew it has that setting.
What is "HDR"?
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jdawg0024 said:
Thanks! She is a beast only 9 months old and already 55lbs. Kongs are all that i buy but even she finds a way to destroy them. that is her 2nd one.
Really? Maybe I just expected it to look better, but then I found out that it doesn't record in HD. Here is a link from another user who also shot using the Slow Motion feature his looks way better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRV2XtkntjI
Maybe its just the difference of lighting seeing how I was under my Patio out of the sun.
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Are you buying the Kong extreme? They are black and they last forever.
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I think the slip and slide video was edited on a computer. Unless the EVO LTE can do the stop motion at the beginning of the video as well.
So he may have done the slo mo with a computer too.
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xbmoyx said:
Are you buying the Kong extreme? They are black and they last forever.
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I didn't know there was a Kong extreme. I will have to look into that
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leebo said:
I've had this phone since it came out and never knew it has that setting.
What is "HDR"?
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This will explain it perfectly.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?deskto...1&list=PL543FC5CE334517E1&v=xqyfYpfSDmU&gl=US
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Vincent Law said:
Yeah, the camera does not do HD for slow motion, due to the significantly higher data rates the camera must sustain to do slow motion. It's essentially recording at 120fps or so, which is four times the speed it would record at otherwise. To record in HD, it would require four times the bandwidth and processing power that it does at normal speed.
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There are other phones using android that CAN do slow motion HD recording. I assume that this is a software limitation on HTC's part rather than a hardware limitation as the camera on this phone is quite impressive to say the least. Even with my limited knowledge of the inner workings of the android software I would venture to guess that this can at least be brought to 720p slow motion recording. However a speedier SD card may be needed. Man I wish I knew how to dig into Android, I want this camera to be BEAST!
I've had my note for about two months. I came from the one x. One thing i don't like about the note is the grain and noise on dark pictures and video. Guess its just due to the amolded screen. I know being under good light will fix the ones you take but anything I can do to sharpen the image on videos and pics I'm browsing?
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Are you referring to recorded videos only? Make sure to change the setting for video to 1080p because I'm pretty sure it's set to 720p by default. Hope that helps.
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Are you referring to recorded videos only? Make sure to change the setting for video to 1080p because I'm pretty sure it's set to 720p by default. Hope that helps.
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Yea stuff I see on YouTube. I'll try.
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Oh ok, I thought you were referring to videos that you've personally recorded. Not sure what you can do about grainy videos on Youtube though.
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Oh ok, I thought you were referring to videos that you've personally recorded. Not sure what you can do about grainy videos on Youtube though.
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Honestly think its just the amolded screen. My girlfriend has a galaxy s2 and sees the same thing.
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I just got the Note 2 a few weeks and so far it's my favorite phone I've ever owned. I love the big screen, I use the S pen all the time and the battery is tremendous.
One thing that I'm not quite fond of is the screen brightness, specially when using Netflix.
I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this with Netflix but the brightness on the phone seems to be OK but as soon as I start playing something on Netflix it's really dim. I have the brightness turned all the way up and it still looks really dim.
The quality also isn't great either, it's like it's not playing in HD or something. I've tried connecting to 4G and Wi-Fi and it still doesn't always look so great.
Wondering if there anyone knows of a solution or a hack or something?
I watch a lot of Netflix on my phone and would love to solve this.
I am rooted and I'm using JellyBeans 21 ROM.
Thanks.
Try going back to stock ROM and check if the issue persists.
I noticed that beans rom has reduced brightness overall (cannot say for sure but that was what I felt comparing against stock)
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Try going back to stock ROM and check if the issue persists.
I noticed that beans rom has reduced brightness overall (cannot say for sure but that was what I felt comparing against stock)
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Do you mean go back to stock or go back to a stock like ROM like CleanRom?
Stock rom or cleanrom...either
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Look at setting, display, screen mode. What option do you have selected?
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Roms don't have reduced brightness I promise lol.
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michigan66 said:
Look at setting, display, screen mode. What option do you have selected?
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It's set for dynamic.
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It's set for dynamic.
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I thought it might be one of the others. They are definitely not as bright.
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I thought it might be one of the others. They are definitely not as bright.
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What should I set it to?
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What should I set it to?
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I use dynamic.
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Newerabs said:
I just got the Note 2 a few weeks and so far it's my favorite phone I've ever owned. I love the big screen, I use the S pen all the time and the battery is tremendous.
One thing that I'm not quite fond of is the screen brightness, specially when using Netflix.
I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this with Netflix but the brightness on the phone seems to be OK but as soon as I start playing something on Netflix it's really dim. I have the brightness turned all the way up and it still looks really dim.
The quality also isn't great either, it's like it's not playing in HD or something. I've tried connecting to 4G and Wi-Fi and it still doesn't always look so great.
Wondering if there anyone knows of a solution or a hack or something?
I watch a lot of Netflix on my phone and would love to solve this.
I am rooted and I'm using JellyBeans 21 ROM.
Thanks.
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Have you adjusted your quality levels on netflix.com yet? If your not worried about data or use wifi alot crank up quality settings on the site. Then reboot and fire flix back up. As the video buffers during play quality will slowly increase. Depending on your connection it should play pretty decent quality a minute or so into the video. And if you use mx player for your video files make sure you have mx brightness turned up. Im pretty sure mx settings are independent of system. Im also running 21 but I always use beans stock kernel. And even on the puter or xbox netflix Never truly hits HD.
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Roms don't have reduced brightness I promise lol.
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Not saying its in the rom specifically....maube the kernel has been tweaked to lower brightness to save battery
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Not saying its in the rom specifically....maube the kernel has been tweaked to lower brightness to save battery
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kernels don't do it either... sorry i'm not trying to troll you or anything it's just not true. maybe you hit "auto-adjust screen tone" in settings? it's a samsung setting that basically reduces brightness.l
Do a search on XDA and download the app called "A Brighter Note" (if you are rooted). It enables you to brighten your screen about 10% more.
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Do a search on XDA and download the app called "A Brighter Note" (if you are rooted). It enables you to brighten your screen about 10% more.
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If you do just remember one thing.
The AMOLED screen in our phones gets burn in if your not careful. the brighter the screen the quicker the burn in, at least thats what ive been told.
I have not seen any burn in on my phone, but I know people who are always at max brightness and you can see their status bar even in full screen apps because its burnt in...